Ochai Young Agbaji is an American college basketball player at the University of Kansas. Agbaji grew up playing soccer, upon his father’s encouragement, playing club soccer as well as Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball from a young age.
Ochai Agbaji: Nba draft| Parents| 247| Rivals| Will get drafted
Nba draft:
Agbaji started his freshman season with Kansas as a redshirt and was a member of the scout team. In early January 2019, his redshirt was lifted because Kansas needed depth after Udoka Azubuike suffered a season-ending injury and Silvio De Sousa faced eligibility issues.
On January 29, Agbaji made his first career start scoring 24 points, bringing in seven rebounds, and stealing the ball twice in a loss to Texas. In his next game, he recorded his first double-double in a win over Texas Tech. Agbaji was named Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Week for the two performances.
Parents:
Parents are Olofu and Erica Ogbaji … Has one sister, Orie, who played volleyball at Texas … His parents played college basketball at Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
The basketball player, Remy Martin, is proud to present Philippine background holding American nationality. Since his father is African-American and his mother is Filipino, he is eligible to hold dual citizenship.
247:
Ochai Agbaji is a 6-5.5, 195-pound Shooting Guard from Kansas City, MO. He is ranked No. 334 in the country by 247Sports.
Agbaji is the No. 10 recruit in Kansas City, MO (64118) State and is the No. 76 Shooting Guard in the nation.
Agbaji has a 247Sports rating of 70, making him a 2-star prospect.
Rivals:
When soon-to-be KU freshman Ochai Agbaji was entering his junior year at Oak Park High in Kansas City, Mo., he stumbled upon some sort of recruiting web site and saw something he did not like.
“Some web site had me ranked 11th in the state,” Agbaji told the Journal-World on Tuesday. “And I was like, ‘OK. But I think I’m better than all these people above me.’ But it didn’t really get to me. I just kept playing my game and kept getting better.”
Will get drafted:
Earlier this week, Agbaji — pronounced Och-Eye Uh-Bah-Gee — saw his ranking on the Rivals.com database sky-rocket, from unranked to landing in the Rivals 150 at No. 141 overall.
The web site, which had nothing but dashes next to Agbaji’s name throughout his senior season, now lists the future Jayhawk as the 39th best shooting guard in the country and one of the Top 150 players in the 2018 recruiting class.
